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Predictors of Bullying Behavior: An Adlerian Approach

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Bullying Prevention and Intervention at School

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Bullying is a serious problem that affects schools, individuals, families, peers, and community systems. The 2005–2006 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC; Iannotti, (2012) ICPSR28241-v1. Ann Arbor, MI, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2012-02-29. doi:10.3886/ICPSR28241.v1) dataset (n = 2946) was used to determine the systemic risk factors that predicted bullying behavior within 30 days. Statistically significant findings were found, and 6% of the variance was explained by a combination of six predictors. Adolescents who (a) drank alcohol and smoked, (b) who felt their parents were almost always loving as well as those who treated them like babies, and (c) who had above average feelings about school and reported good teacher’s opinion about school performance were more likely to bully.

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  1. Department of Counselor Education, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA

    Susan E. Henderson & Rebecca A. Robles-Piña

  2. Clinical Mental Counseling Program, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, USA

    Reade Dowda

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Henderson, S.E., Dowda, R., Robles-Piña, R.A. (2018). Predictors of Bullying Behavior: An Adlerian Approach. In: Gordon, J. (eds) Bullying Prevention and Intervention at School. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95414-1_2

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